Re: Intelligence increase

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2000 - 19:46:01 MDT


Robin Hanson writes,

> All of these things aren't coming from chimps, or rocks, or fish - they are
> coming from humans. Thus the group of humans, taken as a whole, *is*
> autocatalytic!

Yes it could be thought of as autocatalytic. But not as a positive feedback
loop, which is the central issue.

--J. R.

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